OldMan Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 ...what would you change about a "mistake" you made the 1st year of your climbing career. Hey, it can be anything from purchase mistakes to a trip destination poorly picked. Me, I think I'd have to say it would be not climbing outdoors. But, there just isn't alot of climbing available in my part of the country. Oh well, I should have moved then, instead!! The OldMan!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I think I would have sarted leading that first year instead of waiting. The more I know about climbing and how things work the more I am able to talk my self out of a lead. If I would have led sport that first year I think I would have been to stupid to care.... here is to over comming my head game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirp Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 No changes, I made the mistake of buying a pair of Chouinard Canyons but I took em back to the guy at Swallows Nest and traded em for a pair of them Feerays. Thats was the best decision I ever made...next to buying all those stoppers..I do NOT regret lacing up the Great Northern...much safer with 15 pieces below ya. I recon I was lucky, I dont look at my first year of climbing errors as mistakes, but merely "opportunities". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texplorer Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 1. Belayed partner through wrong end of a figure eight. 2. Lowered myself off two bolt anchors directly -safe but not good on the rope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 In retrospect, I think the one mistake I could have avoided was NOT MOVING TO BISHOP! Instead I was coming up with stupid variations at UW Rock for two years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Not going out on a big powder day and my second day of snowboarding. I could have avoided spraining my neck and I wouldn't have had to take 2 years off climbing and most everything else fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I should have made the jump from Lowa mountaineering boots straight to EB's, without the intervening year in Calcaire's (a Robbin's Blue Boot competitor from days of yore). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Yeah. I used the orange bombers. Same regrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan_taylor Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I wish I wouldn't have bought those hot pink Lowa quantum IV's w/buckels. Those coupled w/footfangs made for the heaviest boot-crampon setup known to man. I've been trying to sell them for twelve years. Anyone interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 buy good harnesss right away instead of buying 20 year old whillans harness for $5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 I wish I'd taken at least ONE clean leader fall before taking one that really messed up my body. I never got a chance to really leave the ground, and it's been a long-ass time of trying and failing at something I really enjoy, with more failures than successes. I hope some day to find a way to climb that brings more more enjoyment than trepidation and fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummox Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 ...what would you change about a "mistake" you made the 1st year of your climbing career. i cant pick just one. either freesoloing on acid or driving to the crags stoned and drunk. i survived it all though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr._Natural Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 i would have bought about twelve pairs of toa rossas before they were discontinued. i would have avioded a trip to paschwagsten that cost me way too much skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 No changes- all the experiences I had taught me so much, even if they were a bit dangerous. I learned alot more by experiencing everything than by going by the book the whole time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderingwillys Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Not soloing Mt Hood before I knew what the hell I was doing - mainly stepping through a small cornice and falling out onto the palmer glacier.... Oh well Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 i would have bought about twelve pairs of tao rossas before they were discontinued. I would have started leading easy trad routes instead of messing around TR'ing harder routes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Woulda saved Badman for the onsight instead of having to settle for second go. You just never forget those fundamental mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gripped Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 I would have hauled around a 30 pound pack instead of a 60 pounder ... What was I thinking??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 i would have bought about twelve pairs of toa rossas before they were discontinued. i wouldve bought a bunch of pairs of the boreal vectors myself. was my fave shoe ever. the moccasym is a pale imitation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptorn Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 I never would have passed up that bomber nut just so I could place my new 00# tcu... ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARD_CILLEY Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I wish I would have dropped out of school and moved to Yos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I would have had my axe out during that descent from the false summit of stuart on wet, slick snow (in tennis shoes ) several years ago. Nothing like a bunch of spring snow scrapes and a "self arrest" my slamming into some rocks a hundred feet below (feet first thankfully) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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